Southland Conference softball tournament

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Southland Conference softball tournament
Conference softball championship
Southland Conference primary logo.svg
Sport Softball
Conference Southland Conference
Number of teams8
Format Double-elimination tournament
Played1983-1990;1996-Present
Last contest 2025
Current champion Southeastern Louisiana
Most championships McNeese (9)
TV partner(s) ESPN+
Official website Southland.org Softball

The Southland Conference softball tournament is the conference championship tournament in college softball for the Southland Conference (SLC). It is a double-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I softball tournament.

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Tournament

The Southland Conference softball tournament is a double-elimination tournament held each year at various SLC campus stadiums. The number of tournament teams has varied over the years. After three years with a 7 team format, the 2025 tournament is moving back to an 8 team format. Of the twelve current conference members, University of New Orleans and UT Rio Grande Valley do not sponsor softball.

History

The tournament was first held in 1983 when the conference began sponsoring softball. The tournament was not held from 1991 to 1995 and was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

Champions

Year-by-year

source: [1]

YearSchoolVenueCityMVP **
1983 McNeese State [a] Beaumont Athletic Complex Beaumont, Texas No MVP
1984 Southwestern Louisiana [b] Unknown Lafayette, Louisiana No MVP
1985 Northeast Louisiana [c] ULM Softball Complex Monroe, Louisiana No MVP
1986 Northeast Louisiana [c] Allan Saxe Field Arlington, Texas No MVP
1987 Southwestern Louisiana [b] Unknown Denton, Texas No MVP
1988 Sam Houston State [d] Lady Demon Diamond Natchitoches, Louisiana Joanne Graham
1989 Southwest Texas State [e] Bearkat Softball Field Huntsville, Texas Debra Jones
1990 Stephen F. Austin Bobcat Softball Stadium San Marcos, Texas Sandi Green
1991-1995
No conference tournament
1996 Nicholls State [f] Colonels Softball Complex Thibodaux, Louisiana Leslie Efferson
1997 Nicholls State [f] ULM Softball ComplexMonroe, LouisianaCourtney Blades
1998 Northwestern State Lady Demon DiamondNatchitoches, LouisianaBecca Allen
1999 Southwest Texas State [e] Lady Demon DiamondNatchitoches, LouisianaAmber Mosher
2000 Northwestern State Lady Demon DiamondNatchitoches, LouisianaErin Mancuso
2001 Southwest Texas State [e] Bobcat Softball Stadium San Marcos, Texas Jessica Chase
2002 Northwestern State Lady Demon DiamondNatchitoches, LouisianaAmanda Ortego
2003 Texas–Arlington [g] Lady Demon DiamondNatchitoches, LouisianaKaty Cox
2004Texas-San Antonio [h] Bobcat Softball StadiumSan Marcos, TexasUrsula Mares
2005McNeese State [a] North Oak Park Hammond, Louisiana Jessica Denham
2006Texas-San Antonio [h] Lady Demon DiamondNatchitoches, LouisianaJessica Els
2007Sam Houston State [d] Bearkat Softball Complex Huntsville, TexasBrandi Crnkovic
2008Stephen F. AustinBobcat Softball StadiumSan Marcos, TexasMonika Covington
2009 Southwest Texas State [e] Cowgirl Diamond Lake Charles, Louisiana Chandler Hall
2010 McNeese State [a] Bobcat Softball ComplexSan Marcos, TexasMeagan Bond
2011 Southwest Texas State [e] Bearkat Softball ComplexHuntsville, TexasChandler Hall
2012 Southwest Texas State [e] Roadrunner Field San Antonio, Texas Chandler Hall
2013 Northwestern StateLady Demon DiamondNatchitoches, LouisianaKylie Roos
2014 Northwestern StateNorth Oak ParkHammond, LouisianaKaylee Guidry
2015 Central Arkansas Lady Demon DiamondNatchitoches, LouisianaKylee Studioso
2016 McNeese State [a] Cowgirl DiamondLake Charles, LouisianaErika Piancastelli
2017 McNeese State [a] Farris Field Conway, ArkansasErika Piancastelli
2018 McNeese State [a] Joe Miller Field Lake Charles, LouisianaMorgan Catron
2019 Sam HoustonLady Demon DiamondNatchitoches, LouisianaLindsey McLeod
2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 McNeeseNorth Oak ParkHammond, LouisianaWhitney Tate, McNeese
2022 McNeeseNorth Oak ParkHammond, LouisianaCrislyne Moreno, McNeese
2023 McNeese Joe Miller FieldLake Charles, LouisianaReese Reyna, McNeese
2024 Southeastern Louisiana North Oak ParkHammond, LouisianaLexi Johnson, Southeastern Louisiana
2025 Southeastern Louisiana Joe Miller FieldLake Charles, LouisianaChloe Magee, Southeastern Louisiana
Notes
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Now branded athletically as McNeese, without "State".
  2. 1 2 Now branded athletically as Louisiana, with no city identifier.
  3. 1 2 Now branded athletically as Louisiana–Monroe.
  4. 1 2 Now branded athletically as Sam Houston, without "State".
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Now branded athletically as Texas State.
  6. 1 2 Now branded athletically as Nicholls, without "State".
  7. ↑ Now branded both athletically and academically as UT Arlington.
  8. 1 2 Now branded both athletically and academically as UTSA.

By school

Current Southland members, as of the next NCAA softball season in 2025, in bold.

SchoolChampionshipsYears
McNeese
(McNeese State)		91983, 2005, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023
Texas State
(Southwest Texas State)		61989, 1999, 2001, 2009, 2011, 2012
Northwestern State51998, 2000, 2002, 2013, 2014
Sam Houston
(Sam Houston State)		31988, 2007, 2019
Louisiana–Monroe
(Northeast Louisiana)		21985, 1986
Louisiana
(Southwestern Louisiana)		21984, 1987
Nicholls
(Nicholls State)		21996, 1997
Southeastern Louisiana22024, 2025
Stephen F. Austin21990, 2008
UTSA
(Texas–San Antonio)		22004, 2006
Central Arkansas12015
UT Arlington
(Texas–Arlington)		12003

See also

Southland Conference baseball tournament

References

  1. ↑ "Southland Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
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